Japanese gamers discussing what they consider to be the worst tragedy to have befallen the gaming industry agree on an number of unfortunate events it seems.
The exchange:
“The gaming industry has been around for decades now.
What’s the worst thing to happen to it in that time?
Excluding death, accidents and so on.”
“Sega’s withdrawal from the hardware business.”
“That Final Fantasy XIII was crap.”
“The demise of the Dreamcast.”
“The merger of Square and Enix.”
“Sega and NEC’s withdrawal from hardware.”
“The loss of free company networks for gaming.”
“There’s only really the Atari Shock, surely?”
“PS3.”
“That the DS and Wii became popular…”
“When Sony entered the gaming business.”
“When Sony killed Sega and then Sega started meekly making games for Sony game consoles like nothing had happened.”
“When the PS3 flopped – everything started going wrong for Sony then.”
“RROD.”
“When they got full of themselves and started releasing trash like the 3DS.”
“Obviously the moment the Wii became a big hit.”
“When Square Enix decided to betray the PlayStation; the price of the PS3 at launch.”
“The Virtual Boy.”
“When development costs suddenly increased and game releases slowed.”
“When this barren console war started.”
“The PlayStation Network is currently building its own tragedy…”
Strangely, “the advent of DLC” seems to have escaped any opprobrium.
The WonderSwan not catching on and instead going colour.
I agree with all of those except PS3 and DS.
PS3 is a fine console, and the DS is fun. But f♥♥k the 3DS, and the PS Vita for that matter. I’m gonna end up buy both aren’t I?
I miss the Dreamcast.
squaresoft back then was an RPG monster. spitting forth titles like a dragon. some RPGs released by square back then was well received (here in our place). but because of this “merger” lots of squaresofts’ titles were obscured into forgotten realms by enix’s other popular titles. squaresoft games like: “vagrant story” were completely forgotten. while “unlimited saga” and “mushashi samurai legends” which were supposed to be PS2 versions of “saga frontier” and “brave fencer musashi” were a total let-down.
WHERE ARE YOU HEADED SQUARESOFT?
We’ll soon be adding the downfall of Kingdom hearts, The NGP & The 3ds
and now we can add sony psn account leaks on the list